GRN 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Epidemiological Transition, Assisted Living, Homeostasis

• School: University of Kentucky
• Department: Gerontology
• Course: GRN 250
• Professor: Graham Rowles

Document Summary

Provided a series of different options for the elderly. They want to build it on three principles: Want a residential environment (don"t want an institutional environment) Need to have two different spaces: public and private spaces. Wants to have control over care (decides if they want to take medication or not) and wants control over life normal life (if wants to go to the library, person can just leave) Routine services (scheduled and not) and specialized services (beauty shops, libraries) Problem with assisted living: it is expensive. Really great for those who can afford it. Another problem: not a lot of assisted living in more country towns. Going of informal care giving of your family supporting you to formal caregiving. Going from self-caring and making your own decisions to family care to home and community based care (meals on wheels) to an institutional care.